Today's Top Scoops - 22 February 2008
Diplomacy: Oz & NZ Not Eye To Eye On Child Maiming Cluster Munitions
Crime: Dunne Wants TV3 To Grass Up Medal 'Tea
Leaf'
Politics:
English Demands Yet More Answers
Politics: Who Is Pulling The Strings On Meaty
Policy?
Income:
Key Attacks Aussie Workers
Employment: Employers Get Older Employee
Gift
Advertising:
Telly People 2% Wealthier In 2007
Environment:
Recuperated Pukaha Kiwi Returns To
Forest
RAMSI:
Solomon Islands, RAMSI and Forum Hold Successful
Consultations
Motoring:
Two Ferrari 612 Scagliettis To Explore India
World
News: Thousands Of Languages Face Extinction, Un Warns
At Start Of International Year
"Me,
George": Widespread Praise of Bush's Africa Visit
Ignores President's Flawed Legacy
Lawrence
R. Velvel: The NYT, Cable TV, And McCain
Jason
Leopold: Fired US Attorney Calls on White House to
"Produce" Bolten, Miers to Congress
Stephen
Soldz: Update On Wikileaks Censorship
Lawrence
R. Velvel: Clarence Thomas, His Autobiography, And
Related Matters Pertaining To America And The Supreme
Court
TV3
Video: NZ International Arts Fest Opens In Wellington
Today
Pop: Pig Out On Some Tunes At The Kings Arms
Weirdness: Shoe Fetishism Explored In Play
Fun:
Scouts Plan MudSliding Fun
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LEAD STORY
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Diplomacy:
Oz & NZ Not Eye To Eye On Child Maiming Cluster
Munitions - A week long Cluster Munitions
multilateral diplomatic conference is coming to a close in
at the Wellington Town Hall today with what NGO activists
describe as a "strong text" remaining entirely intact.
[Image: Australian ambassador Caroline Millar speaks from
the floor during the Wellington cluster munitions
conference. Australia remains among a small group of mainly
Western Nations seeking exceptions and a softening in the
proposed Cluster Munitions Ban treaty text. - image
John Rodsted] More
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ALSO:
- Images/Audio: Cluster Bomb Victims Stage Protest [2]
- Cluster Munitions Coalition - Images: Cluster Bomb Victims - Real-life stories [3]
- Cluster Munitions Coalition - Kiwis Show Support for Treaty to Ban Cluster Bombs [4]
- Cluster Munitions Coalition - Cluster Bomb Survivor Speaks [5]
- Cluster Munitions Coalition - Global Push To Ban Cluster Bombs At Crossroads [6]
- Video Doco - Why Cluster Bombs Should Be Banned [7]
- YouTube Video - Reports From Cluster Bomb Conference Day 1-3 [8]
- Amnesty International - Ban on Cluster Munitions Only Sane, Humane Option [9]
- Development Resource Centre - Centre supports cluster munition ban [10]
- NZ Govt - Opening address of Conference on Cluster Munitions [11]
- Greens - Minister gets it wrong on cluster bomb investments [12]
- The Scoop Team - Intl. Cluster Munitions Conf. Opens In Wellington [13]
- US State Department - Putting the Impact of Cluster Munitions In Context [14]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00235.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00216.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00280.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00239.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00234.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00207.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00275.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00274.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00283.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00205.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00233.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Crime: Dunne Wants TV3 To Grass Up Medal 'Tea
Leaf' - UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne today
called on TV3 management to do its civic duty and
immediately dob in the alleged Waiouru medal thief
interviewed on Campbell Live last night. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00365.htm
Politics:
English Demands Yet More Answers - National
Party Deputy Leader Bill English is calling on the Prime
Minister to reveal what was discussed in the private meeting
with Labour's largest donor. "Was it the Monaco diplomatic
post? Was it the Cabinet post? Or was it fundraising?" More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- National - Why didn't Clark correct Mike? [2]
- National - Did Mike Williams seek favours for Labour donor? [3]
- National - PM shouldn't use Maori culture as an excuse [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00375.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00340.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00347.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00364.htm
Politics: Who Is Pulling The Strings On Meaty
Policy? - Agriculture minister Jim Anderton is
calling on the National Party to clarify whether it still
intends to make a $200 million suspensory loan to meat
companies to form an export meat company. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00369.htm
Income:
Key Attacks Aussie Workers - John Key's claim
that when he said he wanted wages to drop in New Zealand he
meant to say he wanted wages to drop in Australia defies
belief, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said. Despite
regulary telling national media that he would raise wages in
office, John Key told a Northland business audience that he
"would love to see wages drop." More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Key "would love to see wages drop" [2]
- NZ Govt - Key's denial on wages lacks credibility [3]
- Labour - Fenton: Key caught telling the truth about dropping wages [4]
- NZCTU - National needs to come clean on wages [5]
- Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union - Key caught lying on wages [6]
- AUSA - Students worried at possible future wage cuts [7]
- VUWSA - Key's ambition: where do we fit? [8]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00334.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00304.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00334.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00331.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00249.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00243.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00259.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00262.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Employment: Employers Get Older Employee
Gift - The employee group aged 65 years and
older showed the greatest growth in filled jobs and average
mean quarterly earnings in the five-year period to December
2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00367.htm
Advertising:
Telly People 2% Wealthier In 2007 - Television
advertising revenue totalled $654.374 million for the 12
months ended 31 December 2007, compared with $640.664
million in 2006. This represents an increase of $13.710
million or 2.14 per cent More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00357.htm
Environment:
Recuperated Pukaha Kiwi Returns To Forest -
Kopakopa, the nine year old female kiwi who injured her beak
a year ago in the Pukaha Mount Bruce forest, was re-released
back there today. Adopted by Pahiatua School when she was
freed into the wild in 2004, Kopakopa was recaptured early
last year when noticed that her beak had developed an
indentation and she was losing weight. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0802/S00046.htm
WORLD
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RAMSI:
Solomon Islands, RAMSI and Forum Hold Successful
Consultations - The Solomon Islands Government,
the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
and the Pacific Islands Forum yesterday held their third
round of consultations on RAMSI. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- RAMSI Public Affairs - Report: Enhanced Consulatative Mechanism (ECM) [2]
- Solomon Islands Govt - Solomon Is. Government Welcomes Talks On RAMSI [3]
RELATED:
- RAMSI - Solomon Islands Women Taking The Lead [4]
- RAMSI - Funds To Provide Women With Cancer Prevention [5]
- RAMSI - Capacity Development Network, Capacity To Talk [6]
OTHER SOLOMON ISLANDS NEWS:
- Solomon Islands Govt - Rural Development Program Begins In Four Provinces [7]
- Solomon Islands Govt - CNURA Gov't Wants More Mining In The Country [8]
- Solomon Islands Govt - PM Dr Sikua Pleased With Taiwanese Assistance [9]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00281.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00280.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00286.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00284.htm
Motoring:
Two Ferrari 612 Scagliettis To Explore India -
Ferrari has announced that in 2008 it will explore India
with two Ferrari 612 Scagliettis and a team of international
media. The Magic India Discovery Tour gets underway from
Mumbai on 25 February and returns to the same city on 8 May
2008. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00292.htm
World
News: Thousands Of Languages Face Extinction, Un Warns
At Start Of International Year - 'The
International Year of Languages kicked off today with a
warning from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that more than half the
world's 6,700 spoken languages are threatened with
extinction and every two weeks on average one language
disappears somewhere around the world. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Survival International - An Indigenous Language Dies Every Two Weeks [2]
- NZ National Commission for UNESCO - Launch of the UN International Year of Languages [3]
- NZ National Commission for UNESCO - Speech By Dame Silvia Cartwright - UN Year of Languages [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00293.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00256.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00272.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00273.htm
"Me,
George": Widespread Praise of Bush's Africa Visit
Ignores President's Flawed Legacy - As
President Bush returns to the US from his whirlwind tour of
Africa, Africa Action notes with concern that coverage of
Bush's trip has concentrated on particular successes in
individual countries while ignoring the systemic,
continent-wide development challenges. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00282.htm
COMMENT
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Lawrence
R. Velvel: The NYT, Cable TV, And McCain -
The disgrace called cable news is trying to pretend that
this story is really about a possible illicit romantic
relationship. That is news media spin. It is cable
television bovine defecation. What the story is all about,
in reality, is hypocrisy. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00238.htm
Jason
Leopold: Fired US Attorney Calls on White House to
"Produce" Bolten, Miers to Congress - David
Iglesias, the former U.S. attorney for New Mexico who was
one of nine US attorneys fired two years ago for reasons
that appear to be politically motivated, said last week's
vote in the House to hold former White House counsel Harriet
Miers and President Bush's chief of staff, Josh Bolten, in
contempt for refusing to testify and turn over documents to
a congressional committee related to the US attorney
dismissals was encouraging, but questions related to his
dismissal remain unanswered. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00231.htm
Stephen
Soldz: Update On Wikileaks Censorship -
This censorship has become a major topic in the news and on
the web. after all, the shutting down of an entire web site
threatens all citizens who use or rely upon the web for
disseminating and obtaining a diversity of otherwise
unobtainable information. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00230.htm
Lawrence
R. Velvel: Clarence Thomas, His Autobiography, And
Related Matters Pertaining To America And The Supreme
Court - Thomas is an avatar of hard work,
discipline in one's work and heavy reliance on one's self
and one's own efforts, as the road to success. Amen,
brother. That may be the 1950s talking, particularly now
when we know any bum can be successful if his Daddy was rich
or president (or both). More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00225.htm
LIFESTYLE
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TV3
Video: NZ International Arts Fest Opens In Wellington
Today - This Friday the International Arts Fest
Opens in Wellington, with major theatre, music, dance and
circus events beginning over the weekend and more to come.
Scoop's coverage will include extensive reviewing of
festival productions. More
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ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Iraq war play 'Black Watch' opens in Wellington [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/5272.html
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/5273.html
Pop: Pig Out On Some Tunes At The Kings
Arms - Pig Out return to their original
stomping ground The Kings Arms on March 1st, fundraising for
their SXSW trip this March! Details are.... PIG OUT with
extra special guests, Silver Scroll (aka Golden Axe). More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00241.htm
Weirdness: Shoe Fetishism Explored In
Play - Felicity loves her shoes. In fact she
has 115 pairs, 115 pairs her husband secretly likes to wear
when he's home alone and feeling... domestic! More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00245.htm
Fun:
Scouts Plan MudSliding Fun - Scouts are once
again preparing for a day of MudSliding fun as part of their
annual Founder's Day celebrations on 23 February. Scout
groups throughout the country make their own mudslide
arrangements. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00226.htm
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